ITS Facility Management

Background

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has deployed Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) field devices, traffic signal equipment,
and telecommunications systems throughout the state. These subsystems are comprised of a complex network of fiber optic and electrical cables,
wireless paths, electronics, and field devices that are constantly changing through system expansions, routine maintenance, and equipment upgrades.
FDOT needed a tool with proven capability for managing a statewide communication network as well as the ability to manage a wide range of
transportation industry equipment assets. The FDOT has chosen the ITS Facility Management System (ITSFM).

What is ITSFM?

FDOT has deployed a Facility Management System that was adapted from the telecommunications industry to help manage the overall ITS
network, the system configuration, and its components (assets). FDOT has procured an enterprise license from Byers Engineering Company
for their NexusWorks Product, formerly Fiber Management Tool (FMT). Byers has configured the product to meet our needs for ITS project
documentation of fiber optic facilities, ITS devices, traffic signal equipment and the Statewide Telecommunication Network information.
The resulting configured product for FDOT is called ITS Facility Management System (ITSFM).

ITSFM is a GIS (Geographical Information System) based web application that provides for the modeling of the fiber network facilities
and connected fiber devices, as well as ITS devices and the electrical system powering the ITS device sites. The software is a web based
application that a valid user can access through a secure login from any computer connected to the Internet - there is no software to install
or maintain on the user's computer. The application provides dynamic and interactive mapping of the facility network on the user's
laptop or personal computer running the latest version of Internet Explorer and JAVA software with a wired or wireless broadband connection
to the Internet

The ITSFM compiles information about network assets into a single, accessible GIS based graphical and tabular database allowing the Districts,
the Central Office ITS Section and Regional Partners to manage the entire system. Regional transportation partners are invited to join the system
at a moderate cost to facilitate regional data sharing of fiber and other infrastructure with each other.

The ITSFM is designed so that maintenance technicians can update the database as changes and modifications are performed in the field by using any
laptop computer with a wireless Internet connection.

The ITSFM is configured to support both the asset and configuration management of the following subsystems: